Cawood Ledford, the man who spoke for so long to so many Kentucky basketball and football fans, had very little to say after his last game broadcast in Rupp Arena 25 years ago.
After beginning his broadcast with his signature “Hello everybody, this is Cawood Ledford from Rupp Arena in downtown Lexington …”, the longtime “Voice of the Wildcats” talked for only 38 seconds to the 24,332 in attendance at a postgame ceremony on March 7, 1992.
Ledford, who called UK games for 39 years, told then-athletics director C.M. Newton he would speak only if he wanted to.